"I'd hardly describe 'em to his personal representative, would I? But you can take this from me: they'll come soon enough—and rough enough!"
Hastings made no reference to having been dismissed by Sloane. He was glad when Crown changed the subject.
"Hastings, you saw the reporters this afternoon—I've been wondering—they asked me—did they ask you whether you suspected the valet—Jarvis?"
"Of what?"
"Killing her."
"No; they didn't ask me."
"Funny," said Crown, ill at ease. "They asked me."
"So you said," Hastings reminded, looking hard at him.
"Well!" Crown blurted it out. "Do you suspect him? Are you working on that line—at all?"